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THE STORY WITHOUT AN END

tattoo in the evening breeze, and the lights were disappearing one by one in every corner. Then the Child confessed to her with alarm that he knew not how he should find the way back, and that he feared the dark night would overtake him if he attempted to go home alone; so the dragon-fly flew on before him and showed him a cave in the rock where he might pass the night. And the Child was well content, for he had often wished to try if he could sleep out of his accustomed bed.

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